Happening now in Harrisonville...

HAPPENING NOW: 

City of Harrisonville Crews have begun demolishing the old water/electric facility between Independence and Lexington Streets, just to the north of the square.

Work is expected to last through the end of this week and into next week. Traffic should not be impacted by the work, but there will be equipment moving in and out of the area.

Way to go Shirlie!

We would like to congratulate Shirlie West!

Each year the Miami School has a raffle to raise money to donate to the Bates County Memorial Hospital Cares Mammogram Program. This year Shirlie is the winner of the 65" TV.

Young hunters harvest 11,118 deer during early youth portion of firearms deer season

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 11,118 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2023 deer hunting season, Oct. 28 and 29. 

Top counties were Franklin with 258 deer harvested, Osage with 224, and Texas with 209. Of the deer harvested, 6,857 were antlered bucks, 3,410 were does, and 851 were button bucks.

Get more harvest information on the 2023 early youth portion at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.

Youth hunters harvested 13,877 during last year’s early youth portion. Get more information on past seasons at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-reports/deer-harvest-summaries.

“Although the rain this past weekend was desperately needed given how dry it’s been this year throughout much of the state, it did put a damper on the early youth portion,” said MDC’s Cervid Program Supervisor Jason Isabelle.

Isabelle noted that the below average temperatures were conducive to good deer movement, but the combination of cooler temperatures and rainy conditions that persisted throughout much of the weekend likely reduced the amount of time many young hunters were able to spend afield.

Archery deer hunting continues through Nov. 10 and resumes Nov. 22 through Jan. 15, 2024. The November portion of firearms deer season runs Nov. 11-21 followed by the CWD portion, which is open in CWD Management Zone counties, Nov. 22-26. The late youth portion runs Nov. 24-26. The late antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 2-10 in open counties and the alternative methods portion will occur Dec. 23 through Jan. 2, 2024.

Get more information on Missouri deer hunting from MDC’s 2023 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where hunting permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer.

Bates County Toys for Tykes

 

Butler Fire Department conducts search and rescue training

From the office of the Fire Chief on Monday October 30 at 6:30 PM the Butler fire department conducted a multiple departments exercise which included the Butler fire department the Butler police department and the Bates County ambulance service.

The exercise took place on the Kyle Smith property. There was a 14-year-old Missing child, with autism and the departments all got together a command post was set up and performed search and rescue procedures in the dark, the child was located about 45 minutes after she was reported missing this is the kind of training it takes to be able to work with other departments in a multitask operation Everyone learns from this type of training to be able to fine-tune in the event of a real search and rescue operation and with that being said, these departments will be better trained and ready to respond in a true emergency.

A big thank you to the Butler police department and the Bates County EMS for working with the Butler fire department to bring together team worked that got the tasks accomplished in a minimum amount of time and everyone one went home safe.

Obituary - Jesse Raybourn

Jesse Franklin Raybourn, 41, passed away way too young on Saturday, October 28, 2023. Jesse was born March 2, 1982, in Kansas City, Missouri to Wayne and Christina (Schuler) Raybourn.

Jesse made friends wherever he went. He loved to laugh and make others laugh as well. He was the Jokester. He was generous to a fault, he always helped others even when he had something else to do. The Chiefs were his number one team. He loved to collect shirts, shoes and hats.

He loved his daughter Skylar most in the world, besides his momma and fiancé Jamie. He called himself the mushroom king, and he was right. He found gallons of mushrooms last spring. He loved fishing and hunting with his friends, and always had a great time wherever he went.

He visited his dads grave every week and talked to him daily. He missed him so much. I can hear Wayne saying "Damn It Boy".

Jesse is survived by his mother: Christina "Tina" Raybourn; daughter: Skylar Raybourn; fiancé: Jamie Vogel; sister: Jennifer (John) Sanjean; as well as several other family and friends.

He was preceded by his father: Wayne Raybourn.

A hero remembered...

 

Butler man arrested on Parole Violation

On November 1st around 2:38 p.m. the Bates County Sheriff's Office arrested 29 year old Dakota M. Ryles of Butler, Missouri.

Mr. Ryles was arrested for 1.) Missouri State Probation/Parole Violation. 

He was booked into the Bates County Jail and he is currently being held on no bond. 

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.